stabilization surgery, 289–90
trauma hardware for internal stabilization, 289
and X-rays, 3
“Fracture of the neck of the humerus with dislocation of the head fragment” (Neer, Brown, and
McLaughlin), 10–11, 266–67
fractures (compound) as potentially lethal, 5, 106–7, 282
Franco-Prussian War, Germans use Listerism, French do not, 112–13, 166
Franklin, Benjamin, 71
Fye, Bruce, 252–53
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Gage, Phineas, 309–10
Galante, Jorge, 183
Galen
Arab scholars’s interest in, xix
biographical info, xvii–xix
Harvey and Galen’s theory of blood flow, 59–60, 62–65
Hunter, J., and scientific training of surgeons, 78
influence of, xiii
On the Natural Faculties, xi
teachings about blood flow and lungs, 59–61
Vesalius’s comprehensive analysis of, 33–37
Galileo, 41–42
gallstone surgery, 177
“Gangrene” (Lister), 108
gases, 145–48, 149, 152–53
genetic modification of humans, 329, 330, 332
Genius on the Edge (Imber), 172, 177–78
genius societies, 46.See also Royal Society
Gerard of Cremona, 21–22
German Opthalmological Society Conference, 170
Germany
awareness of cellular basis of diseases, 214
biochemical revolution, 127–28
discovery of mauveine, 126, 311–12
effect of WWII on antibiotic research, 136–37
Hitler attacks Poland, 134
Sickness Insurance Act of 1883, 199
surgery pioneers, 166
germs, 98–121
overview, 120–21, 125
chloride solution as effective deterrent, 105
discovery of germs in infected tissue, 113
fungal colonies on an AIDS patient, 98–101